April 2026 Current Affairs
April 2026 TNPSC current affairs in one place: 30 daily updates with 505 stories. Use the day-by-day highlights to revise quickly, and the lists of important days, reports and indices, and awards for quick fact checks. Every item links to the full daily update.
30 daily updates National 135International 109Sports 63Economy 41States 35Tamil Nadu 29
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Important days29
- 2 AprilWorld Autism Awareness Day - April 2
- 2 AprilInternational Children’s Book Day - April 2
- 4 AprilNational Safety Day 2026
- 4 AprilWorld Obesity Day 2026
- 5 AprilApril 5 – National Maritime Day
- 5 AprilMurali Sreeshankar Wins Long Jump at Indian Athletics Series 2026
- 5 AprilKarnataka Wins Inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games 2026
- 5 AprilIndia Tops Global List in Athletics Doping Violations
- 6 AprilInternational Day of Sport for Development and Peace - April 6
- 6 AprilNational Handloom Day - April 6
- 7 AprilWorld Health Day – April 7
- 7 AprilGeM Achieves ₹18.4 Lakh Crore GMV Milestone
- 7 AprilIndia Achieves Record Wind Power Addition in FY 2025–26
- 10 AprilApril 10 – World Homeopathy Day
- 13 AprilJallianwala Bagh Massacre Remembrance Day (April 13)
- 14 AprilWorld Chagas Disease Day – April 14
- 14 AprilDr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti - April 14
- 17 AprilWorld Haemophilia Day – April 17
- 18 AprilApril 18 – World Heritage Day (International Day for Monuments and Sites)
- 19 AprilWorld Liver Day – April 19
- 21 AprilCivil Services Day – April 21
- 22 AprilEarth Day 2026
- 23 AprilWorld Book and Copyright Day & UN Language Days – April 23
- 24 AprilApril 24 – National Panchayati Raj Day
- 25 AprilWorld Penguin Day – April 25
- 25 AprilInternational Delegate’s Day – April 25
- 26 AprilApril 26 – World Intellectual Property Day
- 27 AprilWorld Design Day – April 27
- 28 AprilWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 28)
Reports and indices30
- 1 AprilSaveetha University in QS Rankings 2026
- 1 Aprile-RaktKosh Portal
- 1 AprilSamrat Samprati Jain Museum Inauguration
- 2 AprilKeepiton Report 2025 – Internet Shutdowns and India
- 3 AprilIndia’s Average Mobile Data Usage Reaches 31 GB in 2025
- 3 AprilUchral Nyam-Osor Appointed as Prime Minister of Mongolia
- 3 AprilIRDAI Retains D-SII Status for LIC, GIC, and New India Assurance
- 3 AprilSudarshan Pattnaik Appointed Brand Ambassador for Census 2027
- 3 AprilDelhi Launches Lakhpati Bitiya Yojana for Girl Child Welfare
- 3 AprilIndia Ranks 3rd Globally in Renewable Energy Capacity: IRENA Report
- 4 AprilTamil Nadu Climate Body Recognised in Earthshot Prize Report
- 4 AprilINS Taragiri Commissioned into Indian Navy
- 4 AprilGroundnut Production to Rise in 2026–27
- 6 AprilIndian Economic Growth Forecast Revised to 6% due to West Asian War
- 12 AprilUN Report on Widening Gap Between Developed and Poor Nations
- 12 AprilChambal River Flow Decline: Dolphin Migration Towards Yamuna
- 15 AprilIMF Projects India’s Growth at 6.5% for 2026-27
- 15 AprilUN Report on Impact of West Asian Tensions on Poverty in India
- 18 AprilGautam Adani Becomes Asia’s Richest Person
- 22 AprilIndian Economy Growth Forecast – UN ESCAP Report (2026)
- 22 AprilEmber Global Electricity Review 2026 – Renewables Surpass Coal
- 22 AprilIndia Food Grain Buffer Stock – Three Times Norm
- 24 AprilHSBC Downgrades India to Underweight
- 24 AprilGrowth of Ultra-Rich Population in India
- 26 AprilForeign Portfolio Investment in India Hits 16-Year Low
- 29 AprilTamil Nadu Records Double-Digit Growth for Second Consecutive Year
- 29 AprilIndia’s Industrial Production Growth at 4.1% in March 2026
- 29 AprilIndia Ranks 5th in Global Military Expenditure
- 30 AprilPanchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 Report
- 30 AprilQS Executive MBA Rankings 2026 – IIM Bangalore Decline
Awards, personalities and events19
- 1 AprilMa. Aranganathan Literary Award 2026
- 2 AprilOperation Sindhur – Yuddha Seva Medal to Navy Officers
- 2 AprilInsolvency Law Amendment & Key Bills Passed in Parliament 2026
- 7 AprilNarendra Bhooshan Appointed Secretary, Department of Land Resources
- 7 AprilBRO’s Project Chetak Celebrates 47th Raising Day
- 7 AprilPorcupines Threaten Kashmir Saffron Cultivation
- 7 April4.5 Million-Year-Old Fish Fossils Discovered in Shivalik Foothills
- 7 AprilInternational Day of Reflection on 1994 Rwanda Genocide – April 7
- 10 AprilIAA Olive Crown Awards 2026: The Hindu Wins Three Awards
- 10 AprilChandrakant Patankar Becomes India’s Oldest Living Test Cricketer
- 11 AprilMahatma Jyotirao Phule Birth Anniversary
- 12 AprilVibhor Jain Appointed MD & CEO of ONDC
- 17 AprilKerala Botanist Wins WWF National Award for AI App
- 17 AprilFormer IOA President N. Ramachandran Passes Away
- 17 AprilYana Caves Declared Geo-Heritage Site
- 22 AprilLaureus World Sports Awards 2025 – Key Winners
- 23 AprilDebasish Panda Appointed Part-time Chairman of Bandhan Bank
- 24 AprilSrikanth Velamakanni Appointed Nasscom Chairperson
- 27 AprilRaghu Rai: Renowned Indian Photographer Passes Away
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